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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
MTaterna f.Oves America.

Vienna Correspondence Milwaukee Sentinel
A house lying in the middle of a romantic
garden, surrounded by charming vineyards,
is the abode of Nine. Materna, who bought
it Immediately after her second trip to
America. Throughout the house Richard
Wagner relgns supreme. His memorials
and ideal cha "acters are to be seen every
where. Three powerful dogs protect the
house and garden; they are named after the
king in Tristan and Isolde" .'Marke, 4"
'Wotan" and Mime" In the mu-
sic room there is stave, the squares of
which represent ''Wahnfried" at Bayreuth.
and there is also an enormous bust of the
composer of the "Nibelungen Ring" Nine.
Materna gained her great reputation through
Richard Wagner. whom she Onever forgets;
but she made her fortune in America, which
she also never forgets. On a table in her
elegant drawing room there is a large casket
containing all the photographs the celebra-
ted 'Walkure" saw and admired on the
other side of the Atlantic. When the great
artist is surrounded by her guests she CAN
not stop talking of the wonders and splendor
of America.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
Smuggling Diamonds.

CndtnDerS JOURNAL.
A story. which lately became public,
shows how we'll the modern diamond SNUG
glers had laid to heart Poes precepts.,
please to hold my baby while, my hus-
band helps me to open my trunks;E lie will
be quite good if you will shake his rattle"
said lady passenger to the officer who was
waiting to look over her travelling gear.
And that officer good humoredly did
as he was requested, shaking the
rattle to the great delight of the
little one. The rattle in question,
which, fastened to ribbon. was tied to the
child's waist was filled with gems of great
value, mode of smuggling that at the time
was too simple for detection A clever fe-
male, attired Ill the costume of Sister of
Mercy, was passed over by the officers be-
cause she had no luggage worth examining.
She possessed. however, a fine string of
beads, which, with downcast eyes. she kept
telling. Safe on land, she was affecti0nateIy
welcomed by two persons dressed in cos
tunes similar to her own. Need il be told
that she was a smuggler and that her beads
were so constructed that each held a dia-
mond weighing seven or eight carats? An
other ingenious person hit upon the plan of
placing a few precious stones in toy ka-
leidoscope, which had been given to a child,
who carried it ashore in safety. A number
of homing pigeons kept in cage,
and purchased at village
in Belgium and brought to the
United States by way of Paris and Havre,
also played profitable part. each of the
pigeons being freighted with cargo of ex-
quisite gems concealed in quilts, and care
fully fastened to the message bearing dove.
An extensive system of diamond smuggling
was at one time carried on from
Canadian ground by the aid of
homing pigeons. The discovery of
this illicit trade was made acct
dentally by farmer, who happened to
shoot one of the birds, and on examining
it found that there was fastened to its ley
a quill containing number of diamonds,
A clew being obtained, the local habitatOn
of the pigeon proprletors was discovered
and their mode of business put an
end to. The scheme, stated simply, was
to fly every week or ten days flock
of dozen or fifteen pigeons, each carrying
about half a dozen gems. AS the duty on
diamonds amounts to 10 per cent. the trou-
BILE taken to smuggle these gems into the
United States does not seem so very re-
markable. The value of the precious stones
honestly imported into the states is be-
tween So, 600, 900 and $4,000, 900 per an
num- and it has been calculated that gems
to half that sum escape payment of duty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
TRAINING GAME BIRDS.
BOOSTERS That Are Born and Bred to Fight
and Something Of Their
Training.
a Local Enthusiast Who Has Numerous
CoOps That Have Won Their
Spurs in Battle.
Giving the Birds Their ''F1y-ups'' in q
Darkened Room How a Game
Cock Lives.
A Game Cocks Bill of Fare While He
Is in Settling
Close Contests.

SITS great sport, and when give ii up
i will be either blind or dead" said St.
Paul sporting man the other day. referring
TO cock fighting. The speaker is one of the
most successful in this line OF sport in the
Northwest and owns several exceptionally
fine birds. During the past few months
his cocks have been winners in several
battles. many of which were against Min
neapolis birds. The chickens he uses for
hghting he keeps in the country, but he
has at his home in lower town five or six
coops of likely looking birds which he
keeps for breeding purposes, The cocks
are battle-scarred veterans of many hard
fought cooking mains, and as the owner
walked from coop to coop with the reporter.
he ratified off the record of each and told
Incidents of the most notable battles i'll
which each bird had engaged.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading and SeWtring st. AllanS and
0Eher Streets

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, March II, 1887.
Sealed bids win be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation of
the City Of st. Paul. Minnesota. at their ofaca
in said city, until IL III. on the 3lst day Of
March, A. d. 1887, for the grading of Fair
mount Place, from Goodrich Avenue to st.
Adams street. and st. Adams street, from
Goodrich Avenue to st. Clair street, and the
construction of a sewer on st. Adams street,
from st. Clair street to Summit Avenue; on
Lincoln Avenue, from Dale street to Avon
street; on Grand Avenue, from Oakland
street to Avon street, and on Summit Ave-
nue.. from Dale street to Victoria street. in
said city, together with the necessary CATCH
basins snd man-holes, according to plans and
specifications on file in the Office of said
Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in
sum of at least twenty (2O) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
R. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official:
w. 4. ERWIN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
1886
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

hen. This freak in chckenology is seldom
seen in game chickens. This cock. the
owner claims, was always an excellent
fighter until one of his toes was frozen.
Since then he has been used for breeding
purposes alone. -......-
HOW THEY ARE TRAINED.
Every owner of game chickens has diff
ferent way of handling and training birds
preparatory to fight That is, they take
different methods to accomplish the same
results The gentlemen whose cOops were
visited the other day begins training his
bird at night from eight to twelve days from
the time set for the fight. On the first
night he gives the bird a cathartic to physic
him, and then gives him light feed of
bread or boiled rice and milk. After that
the bird is given from fifteen to twenty lily
ups" and then shut up in clean coop,
well strewn with straw.
AS for the ''fy-ups," cookers have differ
ent ways of giving them. but the best way
and the one from which the most beneficial
results are obtained the gentleman said
was pracriced by himself. 1t consists of
placing The cock upon mattress OH the
table and then tossing him gently
into the air. When the bird
goes up he naturally throws out
his legs and wings in precisely the same
manner he will few days later when put
in the pit. This strengthens the birds legs
and wings and gives him endurance and
wind Fifteen or twenty ''fly-ups' is gen.
orally given the bird to start with, the
number being steadily increased from day
to day until by the end of the season of
training, good bird will be able to stand
from 100 to 1875 ''fly-ups."
The first thing to do in the morning, if it is
part of the trainers work to reduce some
superfuous flesh. is to weigh the bird, and
see if the physicing of the night before re-
duced his weight. He is then given his
''fly-ups" and half hour afterwards fed
ON the same diet as the night before. Food
is not given him again until evening
Water IS allowed him only in small quanti-
ties. After the first day hominy and the
white of an egg boiled, and cochbreads of
some kinds. formed the principal food. 1t
the fight is to take place at night, it is
q good idea to give the bird most of his ex-
ercise at night by the same light by which
the cocks will fight. SO the sporting man in
formed the reporter.
The most disagreeable task in handling a
bird in fight is when the cock receives
cut in the neck. Then it becomes neces.
sary for the handler to suck the blood out
of the cocks throat
TO SAVE THE BIRD
from choking. When the heels of the
birds become entangled in battle, the
handlers are allowed to separate them, and
a few seconds rest is allowed. If the bird
is painting and appears overhealed, the
handler blows under his wings to cool him
off. When the birds quit fighting for a
brief rest the handler of the cock that did
the last fighting begins counting. If he
reaches ten before either bird resumes the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
Mccain S OFF Night
A very strong cast Original Music and New and
Special Scenery
FELIX MeCANN, an old Sport JOHN T. KELLY
NlCODEMUS BLOTZ in a bee hive ANDY ADAMS
NICHOLAS NIX, an eloper FRED ROBERTS
FLIP most everything HARRY KELLY
COL. GILL Snaps, our landlord FRED ALLEN
O. u. HUM, detective of course 50 DAN WHITE
ANGELINA BL0TZ, awfully mixed as, -s .a
Miss FLORA ZANFRETTAI
GINGER SNAPS, full of ginger --- - ---
BELLA NIX, who also eoped JENNIE ADAMS
Other Characters by the Comedy Company.
SYNOPSIS OF THE EXCITEMENT
SYNOPSIS OF THE EXCITEMENT.

Wnds Hotel Hoben
SNAPS the landlord very eccentric old Snowman taken
most mious situations Mr. kchun detective
NO. = is mistaken for the husband His mistakes
Ito
through Florida get Mississippi The aughab
Florida caught Mississippi
state IF Kill Him He'll DIE "Oh
fast and furious McCam
bannd
ion II of 0A""A'o"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
WORK.
Construction Of HGXagOnal Block Side
walks for the Year 1887.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, ,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, March a. 1887. {
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation OF
the City of st. Paul. Minnesota. at their Office
in said city until II III. on Tile ,3St tfayi of
March, a. ID. 1887, for the copsHuctidii, ra,i
laying and repairing of such Hexagonaleblo
sidewalks as may be ordered built, relaid and
repaired by the Common Council of the City
of st. Paul, from the LIST day of April. 1887,
to the LIST day of November, 1887. according
to plans and specifications on file in the
Office OF said Board.
a bond with at least two (2) responsible
sureties in sum oof five thousand dollars
$4,000 must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
r. L. GORMAN, President.
Official:
w. F. ERWIN, Clerk Board OF Public Works.
1883
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Wilder Avenue.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, I
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, March II, 1887.
Sealed bids win be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation Of
the City Of st. Paul. Minnesota. ct their ONCE
in said cit, until II m. on the 3lst day of
March, A. D. 1887, for the grading OF Wilder
Avenue from st. Anthony Avenue to Mar
shall Avenue, in said city, according to plans
and specifications on file in the Office of said
Board.
A bond with at least TWO (2) suretfes in a
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any and sll bids.
r. L. GoRMAN, President.
Official:
w. F. ERWIN. Clerk Board of Public Works.
1886
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
A Daily Opportunity.

Detroit Free Press. suod5
Pm too old bird to be'rcaught tina
way" he said. as he came down Clinton
street the other day.
''What was it?'
''They wanted ME to go on the jury"
''And why didn't you?''
well, l looked the other five over, saw
that we could all be arrested on sight for
suspicious characters. and l refused to
serve. The object probably was to get us
all together and make haul"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
PROPOSALS
For Erection Of Brick Engine House OP
Corner Of Ninth and Fort Streets.

Sealed proposals will be received at this Of.
fce, until Monday, March IS, 1887, 6 o'clock
p. m. for the erection and completion OF
Brick Engine House ON the northwest corner
of Ninth and Fort streets, according to plans
and specifications to be seen at the office o.
H. E. Hand, Architect, room 402 Drake Block
All bids should be sealed, directed to Reu
ben Warner, President Board Fire Commits
sioners, and endorsed proposals for erection.
Of Engine House." The successful bidder
will be required so give bond for the faithful
performance of contract.
The Board reserves the right to reject an y
and all bids.
BY order of the Board.
REUBEN WARNER, President.
WIN. OGoRMAN, Secretary. 1851
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
Of Assessment for Grading
Case Street.
OFFICE oFTHE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, }
CITY OF ST. PAUL, MIMI, March 16, 1887. {

OFFICE oFTHE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, }
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 16, 1887.
To Alice E. McCauley and all persons inter-
ested:
The Board of Public Works, in and for the
corporation of the City of st. Paul. Minnesota,
will meet in their Office in said city at 2 d. m.
on the 2Sth day of March, A. D. 1887, to cor
rect and confirm the assessment of benefits.
costs and expenses arising from the grading
of Case street, from Mississippi street to
Forest street, in said city. as TO ownership,
description of and amount to be assessed
against lots, TO- IL and IL, block 9, E. Rice's
First Addition to st. Paul, so as to conform
to the facts and rights of the case as in
tended.
All persons interested are hereby notified
to be present at said time and place of cor
recting, making aud confirming said assess
ment, and will be heard.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official:
W. F. ERWIN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
T7-79
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

fight, both birds are taken to their corners
for ten seconds rest. When again turned
loose, if they fail to fight for ten seconds.
they are again withdrawn. If neither bird
shows fight after this proceeding has been
gone through with four times they are
breasted in the middle of the pit, and if
they still refuse to fight the battle is
awarded to the cock that did the last fight
ing. This only occurs. however, in long
and hard-fOught battles.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

STATE OF MINNESOTA, }
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
ST. PAUL, FEBRUARY, 1887.
4. the undersigned Insurance Com
missioner OF the State of Minnesota,
do hereby certify that the Standard Fire
Insurance company, above named, has COM
piled with the laws of this State relating to
insurance, and is now fully empowered
through its authorized agents to transact its
appropriate business of fire insurance in this
state for the year ending Jan. 81 1855.
CHARLES SHANDREW,
Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

STATE OF MINNESOTA.
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
ST. PAUL, February, 1887.
I, the undersigned, Insurance Commits
sloner OF the State of Minnesota, do hereby
certify that the Sun Insurance company
above named has complied with the laws
of this state relating to insurance. and is now
fully empowered through its authorized
agents to transact its appropriate business
OF fire insurance IN this state for the year
ending Jan. 81. 1888.
CaAS. SHANDREW,
Insurance Commissi oner
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
ST. PAUL, February, 1887.
1, the undersigned, Insurance Commissioner
of the State of Minnesota, do hereby certify
that the Montauk Fire Insurance company
above named has complied with the laws of
this state relating to insurance, and is now
fully empowered through its authorized agents
to transact its appropriate business of fire
insurance in this state for the year ending
Jan. 81, 1883. CHARLES SHANDREW,
Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.


ST. PAUL, February. 1887.
I, the undersigned Insurance Commissioner
of the State of Minnesota, do hereby certify
that the Western Assurance Company above
named has complied with the laws of this
state relating to insurance, and is now fully
empowered through its authorized agents to
transact its appropriate business of fire in
surance in this State for the year ending
January 81, 1888.
CHARLES SHANDREW,
Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

In the first coop was a black-red game
cock and hen. The cock was in prime con-
dition, and is valued as one of his best
birds by the owner. He was victorious in
battle with a Minneapolis bird fought a
year ago last New Years day, midway be-
tween the two cities. In that battle the
cocks at the first fly-up came sharply to-
gether, and when they fell to earth the
Minneapolis bird was dead.
Coop No. 2 also contained black-red
fowls, very similar to the ones in Coop
No. l.
Coop No. was occupied by Spangled
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
Fire Department City Of st. Paul.

CENTRAL FIRE HALL, Corner Eighth and :
Minnesota Sts., ST. PAUL, March 16, 1887. }
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

STATE OF MINNESOTA. J
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
ST. PAUL, Februry, 1887,
/, the undersigned Insurance Commissioner
of the State of Minnesota, do hereby certify
that the Hamburg Bremen Insurance Com
pany above named has complied with the
laws of this State relating to insurance, and
is now fully empowered through its author
lied agents to transact its approprite business
of fire insurance in this State for the year
ending January 81, 1888.
CHARLES SaANDREW,
Insurance Comm ssioner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
ST. PAUL, March, 1887.
I, the undersigned, Insurance Commits
sioner of the State of Minnesota, do hereby
certify that the Farragut Fire Insurance COM
pany above named. has complied with the
laws of this state relating to insurance, and is
now fully empowered through it's authorized
agents to transact its appropriate business of
fire insurance in this state for the year end
ing Jan 81, 1885,
CHARLES SHANDREw,
Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
WEED & LAWRENCE.
Fire, Marine, Accident, PlateGlasS
INSURANCE,
l67 East Third ST., St. Paul, Mimi.
u. S. BRANCH
Western Assurance Company.
Principal Office, Toronto, Canada

Organized in 1851.
J. j. Kenny ........... ....... President
James Boomer. Observation-Disclosures Secretary
Attorney to accept service in Minnesota, j.
b. Weed, st. Paul.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-02-12
JUDGMENT.
state of Louisiana, parish OF
Madison, Eighth judicial
District Court.

January 1887 Term.
Mrs. Emily NJ. Cox
Alexander C. Monette, No. 736.
Her Husband.
rTHIS Case coming up regularly for
i trial and trial being had, by reason
of the law and the evidence being In
favor of the plaintiff, and against the
defendant, plaintiff having proved
her demands after issue joined. 1t ls.or-
dered adiudged and decreed that plain
tiff, Mrs. Emily NJ. Cox, wife OF Alex
ander Covington MOnette have .Judg-
ment and recover of her said husband
A. G.. Monette the sum of seventeen
Hundred and ThirtyNine 39-lOO Dol
lars with legal interest thereon from
judicial dem and, 22, December, 1856,
and that there be judgment as OF non
suit on the balance of plaintlff de-
mand that the community of ACCOUNTS
and gains heretofore existing between
plaintiff aud defendant be dissolved
with all the legal consequences Thereon,
and that plaintiff be restored to the
control of her separate property Tree
from the control of her said husband.
1t is further ordered, adjudged and de,
this suit to be taxed.
Read and signed in open Court TINS
9TH day of January i 'oS' pELoNY,
Judge Sth District Court.
At COPY from the original judg'
ment wv on file in this office, this 18th
lam ,. lSS7.-Attest: w. II. McFar
land. 'py Clerk Sth District Court.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-02-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

cEALED Proposals for the build
y ing of a-two story brick CourI
House, at Tallulah, La, will be re-
ceived up to Wednesday II NJ,
March 16, 1887,
and the bids opened on..that day:
Specifications of the building will
be furnished bidders on applica-
ton. Ten Thousand dollars cash,
will be paid on completion Of the
building, and the balance in one
and two years with interest. No
bid exceeding $4,000 will be en-
tertained. The plan of the build
ing is on file with the Clerk of the
Police Jury at Tallulah, and can
be seen, by any one desiring to
bid. The right is reserved to re-
ject any or all bids.
Address bids and all communi-
cations TO II. G. WElGHTMAN,
Clerk Police Jury,
Tallulah,
Feb. 12-6t Parish of Madison, La.